Convention used within web pages from Franz-Josef Wirtz

Motivation

Pages on the internet usually describe a network not only covering pages the author of the current page wrote. Following links can lead the reader to locations under foreign control. In fact, this interconnection is the main strength of the internet.

It should be clearly understood, that in no way I want to claim any rights or even ownership of pages, which can be reached by following so called external links. For such pages soleily the respective publishers should be honored. The use of distinct symbols is an attempt to distinguish between internal and external links. With this help, you might decide yourself, wether you want to follow a link by opening a separate browser window or tab or just use the same browser window or tab.

Symbols and help texts used

• Links to a page or position under my control:

  downlink - move to ...

  Link on the same page, so you can read on below.

  uplink - move to ...

  Backleading link on the same page, so you can restart at the top.

  internal link - navigate to ...

  Link to another page under my control (not on the same page).

• Links to a page not under my control:

  external link - jump to ...

  Link to a foreign page, usually via hypertext transfer protocol (http) or occasionally via file transfer protocol (ftp).

• Other kinds of links (the term of ownership / copyright does not apply very well):

  download link - download ...

  Link to download a file, maybe from a directory under my control or any other foreign location on the web. The description of the right to use the content of such a file is found elsewhere.

  email link - write to ...

  Standard public email contact. Usually your email software will pop up to write a message to the denoted address, not necessarily mine.